United States - State & Local - New England (CT, MA, ME, NH, RI, VT)
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New England Sweets: Doughnuts, Bonbons & Whoopie Pies
$24.99 Add to cartA chocolate mill opened in Boston in the late 1700s, setting the stage for New England’s enduring love affair with sweets. Over the following centuries, the region has become home to an extraordinary
- Series: American Palate
- Author: Bregman, Susan Mara
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: July 15 2025
- ISBN10: 1467157481
- Language: English
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Trapped Under the Sea: One Engineering Marvel, Five Men, and a Disaster Ten Miles Into the Darkness
$22.00 Add to cartThe harrowing story of five men who were sent into a dark, airless, miles-long tunnel, hundreds of feet below the ocean, to do a nearly impossible job–with deadly results
A quarter-century ago, Bost… [more below]- Author: Swidey, Neil
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 432
- Publish Date: February 17 2015
- ISBN10: 0307886735
- Language: English
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The Murder of Dorothy Milliken: Cold Case in Maine
$24.99 Add to cartOn November 5, 1976, twenty-seven-year-old Dorothy Milliken left her rural home in Sabattus, Maine, to go to an all-night laundromat. The following morning, her body was found slumped against the outs
- Series: True Crime
- Author: Kitchens, Sharon
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: June 03 2025
- ISBN10: 1467159441
- Language: English
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The Great Fire of 1947: And the End of Bar Harbor’s Golden Era
$24.95 Add to cartThe Great Fire of 1947 and the End of Bar Harbor’s Golden Era tells the riveting story of the desperate evacuation of residents through the heart of an uncontrolled forest fire burning all across Moun
- Author: Smith, Mac
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 278
- Publish Date: July 01 2025
- ISBN10: 1684752604
- Language: English
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Stephen King’s Maine: A History & Guide
$24.99 Add to cartMuch of Western Maine reads like a Stephen King novel.
The dense dark woods and backcountry ponds. The century-old houses with gravel driveways and immense flower gardens, acres of farmland miles from
- Series: History & Guide
- Author: Kitchens, Sharon
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: May 20 2024
- ISBN10: 1467157147
- Language: English
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No Right to an Honest Living (Winner of the Pulitzer Prize): The Struggles of Boston’s Black Workers in the Civil War Era
$22.99 Add to cartWINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE IN HISTORY - A “sensitive, immersive, and exhaustive” portrait of Black workers and white hypocrisy in nineteenth-century Boston, from “a gifted practitioner of labo… [more below]
- Author: Jones, Jacqueline
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 544
- Publish Date: January 07 2025
- ISBN10: 1541607023
- Language: English
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The Last Fish Tale: The Fate of the Atlantic and Survival in Gloucester, America’s Oldest Fishing Port and Most Original Town
$24.00 Add to cart“A marvelous, compelling tale”(Rocky Mountain News) from the New York Times bestselling author of Salt and Cod.
Gloucester, Massachusetts, America’s oldest fishing port, is defined by the culture of c- Author: Kurlansky, Mark
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: May 05 2009
- ISBN10: 1594483744
- Language: English
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New England’s Hidden Past: 360 Overlooked, Underappreciated and Misunderstood Landmarks
$26.95 Add to cartNew England is so compact that even casual visitors can sample its diverse history in just a short time. But travelers and residents alike can also pass right by historic buildings, landscapes, and ic
- Author: Landrigan, Dan
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 328
- Publish Date: June 15 2020
- ISBN10: 1608939863
- Language: English
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Along Route 1: Maine, New Hampshire, and Massachusetts
$23.99 Read moreRoute 1 in Maine, New Hampshire, and Massachusetts is an unapologetic combination of historic gravity, exuberant entertainment, unexpected juxtapositions, and wonderfully kitschy roadside attractions…. [more below]
- Series: Images of America
- Author: Bregman, Susan Mara
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: May 22 2023
- ISBN10: 1467109959
- Language: English
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A Short History of Boston
$14.95 Add to cartUntil 2004 and the publication of A Short History of Boston, there was no good short history of the city of Boston, not in print anyway. With economy and style, Dr. Robert Allison brings Boston histor… [more below]
- Series: Short Histories
- Author: Allison, Robert
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: February 14 2004
- ISBN10: 1889833479
- Language: English
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The Rise and Fall of Boston Pride: The Rise of a Movement, The Fall of an Organization
$17.99 Add to cartThe Rise and Fall of Boston Pride delves into the vibrant history of LGBTQ+ activism and community in one of America’s most historic cities. From its early roots in the 1970s to becoming a symbol of r
- Author: Gonzalez, Daniel Joseph
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 292
- Publish Date: June 01 2025
- ISBN10: 9.79899E+12
- Language: English
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Murder in Rockport, Massachusetts: Terror in a Small Town
$24.99 Read moreCold Case Clues
On May 21, 1932, Arthur Oker, a mild-mannered Finnish tailor, was brutally murdered in his shop in the small seaside town of Rockport, Massachusetts.
While this unsolved crime terrified
- Series: True Crime
- Author: Soini, Wayne
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: March 25 2025
- ISBN10: 1467156310
- Language: English
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Turning the Soil 250 Years of Vermont Agriculture
$21.00 Add to cartRoger Allbee has a deep-rooted connection to Vermont’s agricultural history. Growing up on a hilltop farm in a rural town, Roger witnessed the strength and persistence of his family, who has farmed th
- Author: Allbee, Roger
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 182
- Publish Date: January 08 2025
- ISBN10: 9798885450232
- Language: English
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A History Lover’s Guide to New Hampshire
$24.99 Read moreUniquely New Hampshire
New Hampshire has always been fiercely independent, and its history, museums and festivals reflect that trait. Roy Campanella and Don Newcombe broke baseball’s color barrier with
- Series: History Lovers Guide
- Author: Bailey, Kathleen D.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: March 18 2025
- ISBN10: 1467155985
- Language: English
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The Barnes Museum and Homestead
$24.99 Read moreVictorian Era Treasures
Once the center of bolt manufacturing in the United States, Southington has been affectionately called Connecticut’s “City of Progress.” At the center of this progress was Amon
- Author: Volpe, Christina
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: February 25 2025
- ISBN10: 1467158429
- Language: English
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Gilded Age Murder & Mayhem in the Berkshires
$31.99 Add to cartMurder and dark deeds shadowed the extravagance of the Gilded Age in the Berkshires of Massachusetts. In the summer of 1893, a tall and well-dressed burglar plundered the massive summer mansions of th… [more below]
- Author: Amelinckx, Andrew K.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 146
- Publish Date: October 12 2015
- ISBN10: 1540212483
- Language: English
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The Gritty Berkshires: A People’s History from the Hoosac Tunnel to Mass MoCA
$34.00 Add to cartAs The Gritty Berkshires makes clear, Massachusetts’ westernmost county is not just art museums, music festivals and beautiful scenery. For generations of working class families who have lived in the
- Author: Seider, Maynard
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 652
- Publish Date: April 13 2019
- ISBN10: 188704339X
- Language: English
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Sexing Chickens
$22.50 Add to cartThe Town of Enfield, Connecticut is rich with the kind of stories other towns can only dream about – from a purported shark attack in a Freshwater Swimming Hole (called Twenty-Foot) to a California Mi
- Author: Sorenson, Peter F.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 318
- Publish Date: November 01 2023
- ISBN10: 9798987773918
- Language: English
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Death on Katahdin: And Other Misadventures in Maine’s Baxter State Park
$18.95 Add to cartThis fascinating addition to the North Woods canon looks at the variety of ways people have met their death on Maine’s highest and most remote mountain. It’s all here, from falls, exposure, and cardia… [more below]
- Author: Minetor, Randi
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 216
- Publish Date: September 14 2018
- ISBN10: 1608934179
- Language: English
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Boston Harbor Islands Adventure: The Great Brewster Journal of 1891
$36.99 Add to cartIn 1891, four intrepid women from Lowell sailed to a remote island in Boston Harbor for a 17-day escape from New England’s prim and proper society. Calling themselves the Scribe, the Aristocrat, the A… [more below]
- Author: Schorow, Stephanie
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 194
- Publish Date: June 05 2023
- ISBN10: 1540257002
- Language: English
